Vegetarian – Paul McCartney’s meat-free Mondays
Paul McCartney has something else to celebrate besides his recent marriage to American Nancy Shevell.
The former Beatle, who became a vegetarian years ago while married to his first wife Linda McCartney, celebrated the release Monday (at least in the U.K.) of his new cookbook, The Meat Free Monday Cookbook.
It’s the iconic rocker’s first cookbook venture (Linda, who died in 1998, published several vegetarian cookbooks and also had a vegan/vegetarian products company), and is based on the Meat Free Monday campaign launched in 2009 by Sir Paul and his daughters, Stella and Mary. The campaign was prompted by a United Nations report on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, and its message — told as it is through food and celebrity — is aimed at convincing the world that if we all spent one day out of seven not eating meat, the world would be a better place.
McCartney, whose vegetarian point of view is certainly supported up by a great deal of data and expert opinion, suggests that modern-day humanity would not only be a lot healthier, but that consuming less meat would have economic, ethical and environmental benefits for both individuals and the planet. Proceeds from the book will go to the campaign.
According to a story published in The Telegraph, 40,000 copies of the 240-page hardcover have been shipped to U.K. stores, with plans to launch the volume across the pond early in the new year.
The Meat Free Monday Cookbook, which is available online, features recipes for all 52 weeks of the year and includes contributions from McCartney’s family and famous friends, including actor Kevin Spacey (lentil stew with pomegranate) and Twiggy, the one-time pin-thin 1960s model and fellow Brit whose recipe in the book is for mozzarella pizza.
And, of course, there’s an offering or two from the Beatle himself, who is a handsome and energetic testament to the benefits of being a 69-year-old vegetarian: his recipe favourites include refried bean tacos and a super vegetable salad.
In the book’s foreword, McCartney is quoted as saying that one meat-free day a week can “make a huge difference for the better and set a new pattern for the future of this beautiful planet that we all inhabit.”
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